Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite - 3 'Sugar Plum Fairy' * Volker Hartung & Cologne New Philharmonic

[edie19591]

Truly a gifted conductor and orchestra!

[tatinhamachado]

eu amo!

[Mannycom420]

ahh its Christmas eve =)

[bignoze123]

how do you get these dancing sugar plums out of your head?

[Bayonettaloquendo1]

I was looking for this song my entire life

[MarSwanlake]

So sweet

[DarkTech115]

Could you substitute the celesta part with a piano instead? Because I have a part that says Celesta o Piano, so I'm just wondering if that's the actual score or just my copy.

[mill0625]

@DarkTech115 Tchaikovsky wrote the part for Celesta. You can play it on a piano if you want to, but if you do it would be a good idea to play the whole thing an octave higher than written.

[quinn244]

awesome!!! what most people don't realize is that the celesta part was originally written for the glass armonica. Which is a line of glass bowls on a rotating rod, the rod passes through the center of the bowls. One places their wet fingers on the different bowls to produce different notes, It was invented by Benjamin Franklin.

[xxxxVivaLaJuicyxxxx]

Then again...Brilliant!

[jaimelestacos]

It isn't Christmas until I've heard this song. Marvelous :)

[tartarjynx]

love the bass clarinet in this one!

[23Felixx]

I love this song!

[voltage1419]

its a bass clarinet, im playing the solo in my orchesrta

[YellowKazooie]

I've been looking or this song for my entire life

[elcorama]

bello



[PanicByNumbers]

Had this melody bouncing around in my head for three days now. Saw the play when I was about five and to this day I cannot hear any music from this without thinking of snow, darkness and some soft mix of fear and beauty.

[teddybeng]

6 people have no ears and no taste for music



[olddino2005]

The celesta or celeste is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard.The keys are connected to hammers which strike a graduated set of metal (usually steel) plates suspended over wooden resonators. On four or five octave models one pedal is usually available to sustain or dampen the sound. One of the best-known works that makes use of the celesta is Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from The Nutcracker.

[jimth2009]

what kind of instrument is used for the base of the melody??

[olddino2005]

@jimth2009 The celesta or celeste is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard.The keys are connected to hammers which strike a graduated set of metal (usually steel) plates suspended over wooden resonators. On four or five octave models one pedal is usually available to sustain or dampen the sound. One of the best-known works that makes use of the celesta is Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from The Nutcracker.

[TheRenikey]

@jimth2009 I think it is a bass or a contrabass clarinet, because it sounds exactly like a clarinet but much deeper. Don't take my word for it, though, it's just a guess.

[DJMelancholicAngel]

@TheRenikey I am pretty sure it's just a normal bass clarinet. I play in an ensemble like this, on the bells, xylophone and general keyboard percussion, so, I love this piece to death. So, I'm pretty sure it's not a contrabass clarinet. (I've never even heard of that.)

[Pandaonfire5]

@jimth2009 A Celesta.



[kotsides]

what kind of instrument is used for the base melody??

[kotsides]

what kind of instrument is used for the base melody?

[DaBigCheeseLuigi]

I heard this piece when I was 5 years old, whilst watching the Disney movie: Fantasia, and have been in love with Tchiakovsky ever since

[niatialeo]

I love this part!!

[JERS014]

I LOVE IT <3

[hornick18]

SO glad it's in HD!!! Thank You!

[SuperSofi2011]

Beautiful!

[SuperSofi2011]

Beautiful

[Xaviersama016]

Wow ! Superb interpretation :p

[fashionlagos]

this is amazing !

[Whiteiceable]

Four people were looking at the screen upside because they should be 4 thumbs up

[AsunaTakezaka]

It's sad to see that so many people have forgotten their music's roots. It all came from their ancestors and musical greats like our genius Tchaikovsky. Slaves that came to young America also help influence what we now call rock, classic rock, pop, hip hop, rap, metal and so on...all of it was influenced by ballets, concertos, suites, and ancestral roots. A lot of people claim to love their music, but they can't say they love it until they learn to love the roots of it.

[XxsaintsblackxX]

@Fredycat Im 18, listen to metal, rap and various fusion genres. And I respect classical music for its generally "soothing" nature,however, you can't just say that everyone in our generation needs better musical tastes. There is good music within all genres. Especially metal and Metalcore. Once you get past the screaming and can actually differentiate between instruments, it is a completely different listening experience. It is an acquired taste sadly.

[Tural192]

thanx Tchaik....

[thegonz9]

Thumbs up for the music.

Thumbs down for coughing people. If you're going to cough, stay home!

[onthenet2000]

A1

[dramatica2006]

brilliant!

[Ultramarine27]

Beautiful! Tchaikovsky = Genius!

[Jantv81]

I love this composer!! My favorite...

[FreiheitTV]

Wow, thats a very good record! I like it!

[HoneyRose168]

guys no matter what u say the video can't be changed the coughing ppl will still cough it's not gonna change honestly i wish the coughing ppl wouldn't cough too but what good is it going to do if u just complain??

[TickTockJoe]

The 4 dislikes are subhumans. Seriously. Shouldn't be allowed to vote or breed.

[NewtonBlog]

what a beautiful theather

[andresarry]

good, good.

[AgentDC76]

I remember playing this in concert band and getting to play the bass clarinet solo. :-) I remember reading that this section is considered somewhat innovative for being one of the first uses (and probably the best known use) of the celesta in an orchestral piece. Tchaikovsky was onto something when he made a point of getting one of these for his pieces. ;-)

[dinodude2004]

I adore this piece

I do think that the *runs* as it were, were kind of overdone...

Is it just me? or would any1 else have preferred it if they had made them at least a tad more rhythmically correct?

Nicely done overall though

[Fredycat]

@NorionGames go ahead ....

make my day.

[TjAoM]

@Fredycat Be my guest.....

[Cranfillr]

There's just something about people coughing in a concert hall during a performance that just makes me want to push someone off of a bridge.

[musicrocks9784]

i toatally agree its annoying having to hear peoplae cough during a performance really it throws the whole thing off and did i mention its ANNOYING!

[xXRAWRjapanRAWRXx]

this is a popular classic song for people in ballet around christmas

[rafa354650]

i am awestruck

[indoorin]

@Fredycat Become Bugs Bunny.

[Fredycat]

@indoorin Tanks. I Will

[xRaacheLx]

Sounds lovely

[pacfreaks]

the coughing people pisses me of.... :S

love tchaikovsky

[nikcos37]

CHILE - AL SUR DEL MUNDO can anyone help me and tell me wich is the composer?

[BecuzIt]

lol the coughing person coughed in beat w/ the music

[julfraley]

Absolutely love the clarity of each note and it was visually a masterpiece as well.

[TheJonasfan1001]

everytime i listen to this it reminds me of december and dancing in the nutcracker!! ;) ))

[nossino]

i adore the music, but hate the coughing people! they're ALWAYS there!

[canadienofdeath09]

Everytime I listen to this masterpiece I think about snow falling down in a cold winter night...

[ghostie7790]

THis is the Nutcracker's trade mark song.

[TH3LancashireLass]

very clear imae! this is so prettty I'm looking for ome classical music to do a ballet dance to this would be so great

[GCUACGGAG]

Wow, amazing video quality!

[tab2do]

es is wirklich ausgezeichnete themenmusik

[Avenue2Fame]

dieses mag ich schon seit ich klien bin.

ich finde, das ist sein bestes stück und die 10. szene aus schwanensee :)

[D0MiN0ChAn]

i can't help, but everytime i hear this music, it scares me to death x_x

doesn't mean that this whole thing isn't a great musical, but i FEAR this special part ;_;

[fliegenfischkaviar]

ich liebe diesen part ^^

einfach zauberhafte musik - man hat die leichtigkeit der anmutigen feenschritte direkt vor augen, als wäre sie tatsächlich da

die beschreibung einer ganzen szenerie nicht mit worten, sondern mit musik - tchaikovsky war ein meister!

[crackerz15]

one of my favorite songs. i absolutely love it. i'm 16 years old and tschaikovsky is great. really. ♥

[qumeshtmjalte]

absolutely love tchaikovsky!

[aramistochter]

eines der schönsten tchaikovsky stücke neben "Schwanensee"

passend zur weihnachtszeit

[Sourabi]

ist glaub ich auch eines der bekanntesten klassischen stücke, auch wenn kaum jemand weiss, dass es von Tschaikowski ist :)

Ich mag es aber auch sehr gerne, auch wenn es nicht von irgendwelchen medien "missbraucht" wird :D

[KN1lch]

@Sourabi

so gut wie alles von seinen stücken ist in irgendwelchen filmen oder ähnlichem wiederzufinden. man kann von missbrauch reden, aber andererseits ist es auch eine huldigung an sein genie :)

[SamHawkens]

@Sourabi Das ist bei anderen Werken auch so. Jeder kennt den berühmten Hochzeitsmarsch, aber kaum jemand weiß, dass er von Wagner ist. Bei Tschaikowski ist es genauso. ;-)